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- From: jdow@BIX.com (Joanne Dow)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: Modem disconnecting
- Date: 12 Jan 1996 03:36:56 GMT
- Organization: Delphi Internet Services Corporation
- Message-ID: <4d4l0o$2gd@news2.delphi.com>
- References: <1373.6578T735T2832@midland.co.nz> <4cmrrq$q7r@guava.epix.net> <4cv2s5$2lk@news2.delphi.com> <4d0tni$bt1@news.sdd.hp.com>
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- In article <4d0tni$bt1@news.sdd.hp.com>, Jeff Grimmett <jgrimm@sdd.hp.com> wrote:
- >
- >Personal experiences are one thing; empirical results are something else
- >again. Every SERIOUS comparison I have seen of the 28.8 crowd of modems
- >has placed USR and Supra dead even in overall performance. Supra excelled
- >in some categories, USR in others. What is VASTLY entertaining about
- >this is that BOTH place consistently in the bottom third overall, with
- >ZyXel and Practical usually battling it out in the top of the lists.
-
- This does not accord with the reviews I have read. In point of fact those
- reviews placed Practical Peripherals right dead at the bottom in regards to its
- ability to establish a connection.
-
- >These are tests done under labratory conditions using test equipment
- >designed to bring out the worst in a modem. If you're familiar with
- >terms like TAS (and I don't mean the WB character, either :-) then you
- >have some idea of what they usually put them through.
-
- I have access to such a testing lab on BIX. The practical peripherals situation
- was so bad that the lab had to try to help them with their problems. (It appears
- it may have been partially repaired - it hated REAL GOOD lines - it had a divide
- by zero problem possibly.) Supras were another that had severe connection
- problems. External USR Sportsters and Couriers were consistently among the best
- as were the premium Hayes models. The Sportster PCMCIA card is - well, there is
- no polite way to describe it other than it is not up to the quality and
- standards of the others.
-
- In re ZyXel I may have the memory of the Computer Shopper tests maybe 6-8 months
- ago. But I think it was another that could not even complete the tests they put
- it through.
-
- >A good example is a recent evaluation of over 25 modems done by Byte. I
- >will add the caveat here that it does not appear that they considered the
- >top of the line modems to be worthwhile candidates, but considering that
- >you can't GET them off the shelves at Computer City, I suppose they were
- >playing to thier audience.
-
- >Hey... USR's work for YOU. For me, they ain't worth the extra cabbage.
- >For others, they're a nightmare :-)
-
- Only the PCMCIA Sportsters are trash.
-
- Meanwhile comp.dcom.modems is an interesting newsgroup.
-
- {^_^} Joanne Dow, Amiga Exchange Editor on BIX, aka The Wizardess
- jdow@bix.com, jdow@delphi.com, jdow@mci.newscorp.com
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